All news: Americas, Caribbean

Business resilience is a key driver of economic prosperity in the Caribbean

Made up of mostly Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean faces multiple vulnerabilities to climate hazards such as hurricanes, flooding, landslides, heatwaves, drought and sea level rise

Prioritizing TVET in COVID-19 recovery efforts for the Caribbean: How CARICOM Member States can address delivery, continuity and resilience

Gender equal business essential for women’s economic empowerment in Jamaica

EU-funded ILO-UWI assessment aimed at improving country’s standing in the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship development

UNDP and ILO to present integration strategy for migrants and refugees from Venezuela

Regional Directors of both organizations will present the joint initiative "Migration from Venezuela: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean" and its first pilot projects

13 million women in Latin America and the Caribbean saw their jobs disappear due to the COVID-19 pandemic

An unprecedented decline in the labour participation rate and the increase in unemployment make it urgent to apply policies for greater gender equality at work, as a key component of COVID-19 recovery strategies.

Digital economy

Digital platforms: a future of work with opportunities and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

In the last decade, digital work platforms in the region have increased 14 fold, and COVID-19 is accelerating the transformation. Now there is a need to improve taking advantage of employment and business opportunities in a sector where algorithmic...

Caribbean employers’ and workers’ organizations reaffirm joint action plan for transforming world of work in the region

Addressing social protection, skills mismatches, digital economy and gender-based violence among top priorities

Jamaica and the ILO sign grant agreement to support formalization in the Agriculture and Fisheries sectors

New project to support technical training and entrepreneurial coaching for micro and small operators in agriculture and fisheries sectors.

Greater labour force resilience and stronger partnerships among key successes of Barbados Employability Project

ILO-supported initiative prepares workers affected by pandemic to re-enter job market

ILO: Timid improvement for employment in the Caribbean during Q4 2020

The latest projections for 2021 presented in the ILO Monitor report show that most countries will experience a relatively strong recovery in the second half of the year.

Campaign

Belize launches bipartite COVID-19 workplace safety and health awareness campaign

National initiative made possible with support from the ILO under the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Campaign

Belize COVID-19 OSH Campaign

Launched in December 2020, this national promotional programme seeks to develop knowledge and create awareness on how to create and maintain safe and healthy workplaces in the context of pandemic.

ECA and NATUC join Spotlight Initiative to end workplace gender-based violence in Trinidad and Tobago

Partnership facilitated by ILO and UNFPA

Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados labour officials learn best practices for eliminating child labour

Innovative techniques offered through seminar series delivered by ILO and South-South partners

High-level tripartite panel deliberates state of Caribbean labour markets and shares vision for post-pandemic future of work

Virtual ILO event highlighted latest data and policy responses for sustainable recovery

Labour Overview 2020

COVID-19 leaves a trail of high unemployment, inactivity and precarious employment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Some 30 million people are unemployed and 23 million will have left the workforce due to the lack of opportunities. In 2021, employment will be in intensive care and the indicators could worsen, says ILO annual Labour Overview for Latin America and...

ILO to launch 2020 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

The annual report offers data and analysis on impacts of pandemic and will be presented at a virtual press conference on 17 December 2020.

ILO/ECLAC joint report

Slow COVID-19 labour market recovery expected in Latin America and the Caribbean

The pandemic has led to the biggest contraction in the region in the last 100 years, with 47 million jobs lost across the region in the second quarter of 2020.

ECLAC and ILO warn that the labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean will recover slowly after the COVID-19 pandemic

In a new joint publication, these two United Nations organizations stress that to emerge from the crisis, active macro policies are needed along with sectoral policies that would promote sustainable development with employment.

30 countries of the region continue on their way towards target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda

6 Years of sustained commitment to achieve a joint goal: end child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

With a view to the International Year 2021, the Network of Focal Points will hold its 6th Annual Meeting virtually from October 27 to 30, 2020 to define priorities, redouble commitments and agree on its action plan on child labour in the context of...